Foot-rest for carriages.



Patented Aug. 5, I902.

R. THOMPSON. FOOT BEST FOR CARRIAGES.

(Application filed June 13, 1902.,

(No Model.)

WITNESSES.

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ROLLIN THOMPSON, OF THOMASTON, CONNECTICUT.

Poor-nest FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZPatent No. 706,359, dated August5, 1902.

Application filed June 18, 1902- Serial No. 111,507. (No modeLl To allwhom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, RoLLIN THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Thomaston, county of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Foot-Rest for Carriages, of which thefollowingis a specification.

This invention relates to carriages, buggies, and pleasure wagonsgenerally, whether drawn by horses or driven by power, as by a steam,gasolene, or electric engine, and has for its object to provide asimple, inexpensive, easily-applied, and easily-adjusted doublefoot-restthat is, a foot-rest capable of a different adjustment on eachside of the carriage, so that two persons of different heights, as atall man and a short woman, or vice versa, or an adult and a youth'ormiss can ride comfortably and either be enabled to drive, if required,owing to the fact that'each side of the wagon is provided with'asubstantial foot-rest which may be readily adjusted toward or from thedashboard.

Pleasure-wagons and light road wagons generally are equipped withfoot-rests at the forward end of the body, which, however, are

not adjustable to accommodate different peo- A variationof the old formof foot-rest ple. has been to provide a cross-piece extending from sideto side and capable of being moved up or down on an incline. Such afoot-rest, however, does not meet the requirements of use, as it doesnot accommodate two persons of different heights simultaneously. Inorder toIaccomplish the desired result, I have devised the novel doublefoot-rest, which I will now describe, referringtothe accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and using referencecharacters to designate the several parts. I

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the body of a two-seated road-wagon,partly broken away, in longitudinal section, showing the application ofmy invention to a two-seated wagon; Fig. 2, a section on the line'2 2 inFig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective, on an enlarged scale, illustrating moreclearly the construction and operation of my novel foot-rest; and Figs.4 and 5 are detail views illustrating a form of clamp "detached.

A denotes a wagon-body, which may be of any ordinary or preferredconstruction and bottom.

power-driven or not, it being understood that my invention is applicableto any of the various types ofwagon-bodies in general use ,form asocket19, adapted to receive longitudinal strip 10 of therest and grip itfirmly when the boltsare tightened, so as to lock the rest in anyposition in which it may be placed. The size of rod-iron used is heavyenough so that the engagement of the brace with the bottom of the bodywill give a perfectly firm support for the transverse piece and form asolid rest for the feet in riding or driving. It will of course beunderstood that the height of i the rest or the lines of the riser andbase are wholly immaterial so far as theprinciple of theinvention isconcerned. The'head let upon the brace is simply a suitable enlargementto rest upon the wagon- A'metallic head may be attached to the end ofthe-,rod-iron to rest upon the bottom, or the end of the rod-iron may becoiled, as indicated inthe drawings.

The operation of my novel rest will be obvious from the drawings.Whenever it is desired to adjust either rest for a short person, theoperator loosens bolts 18 in the clamp of the rest it is desired toadjust, moves the rest backward as far from the front of the body as maybe required, and locks it in place by tightening the bolts. My novelfoot-rests, on account of the ease with which they may be adjusted andthe convenience with which they may be removed and replaced, are especially adapted for use in connection with the back seats where two ormore seats are used.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, no rest capable of convenientadjustment, removal, and replacement has been provided for use inconnection with the rear seats of awagon.

The value of a rest of this type will be readily appreciated by personsriding upon the rear seats of a vehicle upon rough roads.

Having thus described my invention, I-

and a head 14, substantially as shown, for

the purpose specified.

3. The combination With a Wagon-body, of clamps on opposite sidesthereof and adjustable rests engaging said clamps and extending inwardto approximately the mid-width of the body, each rest consisting of alongitudinal strip, a riser, a transverse piece, and a brace dependingfrom the riser and engaging the bottom of the body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROLLIN THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. STOUGHTON, LUTHER J. POTTER.

